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Apparatus and method for securing bags to belt-like member

EP 0669253 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.

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  • Filed February 27, 1995 and granted May 20, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 27, 2015.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by August 27, 2020.
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FiledFebruary 27, 1995
PublishedAugust 30, 1995
GrantedMay 20, 1998
Term endedFebruary 27, 2015
Application numberEP 95301242
Classification (CPC)B65B15/04 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedFeb 27, 1995PublishedAug 30, 1995Patent grantedMay 20, 1998Term endedFeb 27, 2015

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